Catcher Glossary

A Starter List of Terms for Holden's Slang......There are many more in Catcher in the Rye. As identify new Holdenisms add them to the glossary.

Big Bang
Big Shot
Bourgeois
Breeze
Bunk
Giving someone a buzz
Buzzing
Chewing the Fat
Chisel
Clinch
Corny
Crook
Crumby
Dopey
Dough
Fiend
Flit
Getting the Ax
Giving her the time
Gorgeous
Helluva Racket
Highball
Homey
Horse Around
That really killed me
Knock me Out
Lousy
Old
Shot the Breeze
Shooting the Crap
Swell